Haunted Corpus Christi

Strange voices picked up on a recorder in abandoned buildings, eerie sounds and unexplained smells in empty places and unique characters appearing then suddenly vanishing. Corpus Christi is full of haunted locations, many claim.

Caller-Times File The old Nueces County Courthouse has been abandoned since 1977. The paranormal group, Corpus Christi Spook Central, has recorded voices in the jail cell chambers. There are rumors of a young boy who committed suicide in one of the cells after being taken in for public intoxication.

Caller-Times File. The Old Nueces County Courthouse after the 1919 hurricane damage. The bodies of the dead from the storm were laid in front of the courthouse for family members to identify.

Caller-Times File The second floor stairway area of the old Nueces County Courthouse as it looked in 1976, when the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Caller-Times File The Ritz Theater when it was five years old, in 1934. It was originally opened as a movie theater in 1929. In the theater, a man swore he was pushed to his knees, a woman had an earring pulled out of an ear and people spotted a shadow figure of a man.

Caller-Times File The Nixon building, later became Wilson Plaza in the 1950s, under construction from 1926 to 1927. The building opened on April 2, 1927, and was the first skyscraper in Corpus Christi with 12 stories. People have claimed to have seen shadows or heard noises while alone in their offices in the early mornings or late nights there.

Caller-Times File The second floor stairway area of the old Nueces County Courthouse as it looked in 1999. The paranormal group, Corpus Christi Spook Central, has recorded voices in the jail cell chambers. There are rumors of a young boy who committed suicide in one of the cells after being taken in for public intoxication.

Sarah Acosta/Caller-Times Bill Witt Park used to serve as the old Rodd Field built as an auxiliary field for training Navy pilots in World War II. The building was Tracking Station No. 16 operated by NASA in the 1960s.

Contributed Photo The abandoned airplane hangar in Bill Witt Park lured trespassers for a good scare before it was torn down a couple of years ago. The building was originally used as a tracking station for NASA in the 1960s.

Sarah Acosta/Caller-Times The now empty field of where the rumored haunted airplane hangar at Bill Witt Park stood.

Caller-Times File. The inside of the Ritz Theater in 1988. The CC PATCH group gained ownership of the building in 2010 in hopes of fully restoring it in the future. It also had the building blessed and cleansed in 2011.

Caller-Times File Wilson Tower was built in 1952 when Sam E. Wilson bought the building. Building tenants and night workers say they haven't experienced anything out of the ordinary or spooky.

Caller-Times File The W sign that was placed on top of the Wilson Tower was taken down in 1980. The Wilson Plaza is one of those old buildings in town that has mixed opinions of having paranormal activity.

Sarah Acosta/Caller-Times The house on Hayward Drive was featured on the Discovery Channel's "A Haunting" in 2007. The episode tells the story of a family that was driven out of their home after an evil spirit terrorized their 17-year-old daughter.

Caller-Times File The 1914 Nueces County Courthouse as it appeared in 1959. The courthouse has been closed since 1977. Rumors are that spirits haunt the decaying historic landmark.